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lyceum

noun

Definition of lyceum

as in auditorium

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Recent Examples of lyceum The Revolutionary generation took pride in preparing for public life through college literary societies, philosophy clubs, and lyceums – community gatherings for lectures and debates. — Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025 The lyceum speaking circuit had exploded in popularity, but women were largely barred from it. — James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 So, too do tours of Emerson’s home, Thoreau’s lyceum and other spots in town. — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025 The Midwest also saw an explosion of newspapers, libraries and a lyceum circuit featuring speakers like Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau. — Kelly Scott Franklin, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022 All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest. — Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics. — Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021

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Noun

Pinault also owns Venice’s Teatrino, a 225-seat auditorium that reopened in 2013 after a renovation by Tadao Ando, who also worked on the other two spaces in the city.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Who hasn’t airballed a foul shot in front of a Catholic school auditorium filled with 50 people on a Saturday morning?

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of auditorium

Noun

All-inclusive meals made with organic produce grown in the garden are outstanding.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
The normal fall routine for many gardeners is to remove all the leaves from the garden and either bag them up or pile them at the curb for transportation to a landscape waste facility to turn them into compost.

— Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

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Because the amphitheater is built into a mountainside, wheelchair-accessible seating is limited to the very front and very back row.

— Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
Two weeks later, Allen downscaled the North American itinerary, swapping several big arenas for small arenas and small arenas for amphitheaters.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of amphitheater

Noun

About 100 of the theater's 120 staff members work in Kherson, and none have evacuated.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
But the objects we are left with, to take both Kaplan and Naumann as examples, often fall short of what either a painting or sculpture can be—and, without the theater play itself, what of the pertinent conversation?

— Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of theater

Noun

The Lakers unveiled a statue of their Showtime era coach outside their downtown arena last season.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Cluff carried him through the arena for Grand Entry, dancing as intertribal drum groups took turns playing and hundreds of representatives of indigenous tribes danced.

— Sarah Gordon, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of arena

Noun

London had been ravaged by plague since the summer of 1592, with high mortality rates in the city and suburbs meaning the playhouses were closed for business for twenty of the following twenty-two months.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Russell adds a 30 Rock–esque backstage frame in which an assistant stage manager (Twiggy, looking divine) is thrust into the spotlight when the star of her regional playhouse’s production of The Boy Friend is nowhere to be found.

— Juan A. Ramírez, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2026

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